Graphics Ultra Pro VLB: specs and benchmarks
Summary
ATI started Graphics Ultra Pro VLB sales on 1993 at a recommended price of $499 . This is a desktop graphics card based on a Mach architecture and made with 700 nm manufacturing process. It is primarily aimed at gamer market. 1 MB of VRAM memory clocked at 0.01 GHz are supplied, and together with 64 Bit memory interface this creates a bandwidth of 80 MB/s.
Compatibility-wise, this is a single-slot graphics card attached via VLB interface.
Primary details
Some basic facts about Graphics Ultra Pro VLB: architecture, market segment, release date etc.
| Place in the ranking | not rated | |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | |
| Architecture | Mach (1992−1997) | |
| GPU code name | Mach32 | |
| Market segment | Desktop | |
| Release date | 1993 (31 year ago) | |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $499 | of 14,999 (Quadro Plex 7000) |
Detailed specifications
Graphics Ultra Pro VLB's specs such as number of shaders, GPU base clock, manufacturing process, texturing and calculation speed. These parameters indirectly speak of Graphics Ultra Pro VLB's performance, but for precise assessment you have to consider its benchmark and gaming test results.
| Core clock speed | 10 MHz | of 2670 MHz (Arc B580) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 700 nm | of 3 nm (Arc Graphics 140V) |
| ROPs | 1 | of 192 (Radeon RX 7900 XTX) |
Form factor & compatibility
This section provides details about the physical dimensions of Graphics Ultra Pro VLB and its compatibility with other computer components. This information is useful when selecting a computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. For desktop graphics cards, it includes details about the interface and bus (for motherboard compatibility) and additional power connectors (for power supply compatibility).
| Interface | VLB | |
| Width | 1-slot |
VRAM capacity and type
Parameters of memory installed on Graphics Ultra Pro VLB: its type, size, bus, clock and resulting bandwidth. Note that GPUs integrated into processors have no dedicated memory and use a shared part of system RAM instead.
| Memory type | VRAM | |
| Maximum RAM amount | 1 MB | of 294912 (Radeon Instinct MI325X) |
| Memory bus width | 64 Bit | of 8192 Bit (Radeon Instinct MI250X) |
| Memory clock speed | 10 MHz | of 20000 (RTX 5000 Ada Generation Mobile) |
| Memory bandwidth | 80 MB/s | of 5,171 GB/s (Radeon Instinct MI300X) |
Connectivity and outputs
Types and number of video connectors present on Graphics Ultra Pro VLB. As a rule, this section is relevant only for desktop reference graphics cards, since for notebook ones the availability of certain video outputs depends on the laptop model, while non-reference desktop models can (though not necessarily will) bear a different set of video ports.
| Display Connectors | 1x VGA |
API compatibility
APIs supported by Graphics Ultra Pro VLB, sometimes including their particular versions.
| DirectX | N/A | |
| OpenGL | N/A | of 4.6 (GeForce RTX 4090) |
| OpenCL | N/A | |
| Vulkan | N/A |
Similar GPUs
Here is our recommendation of several graphics cards that are more or less close in performance to the one reviewed.
